Nature is nature and when left untouched it will take it’s course. We learn from history the mistakes we made and the successes we had. We teach these lessons to our children as they grow up. Besides actively teaching children what we have learned ourselves, their surroundings also teach them lessons as well. So as much as we try to teach our children morals, we are not their only teacher.
We live in a country where sexual attraction can gain you the most popularity, the most money, and the most power. Why is that the case? Because we adore our movie stars and our musicians. We love the sexy actresses and pop queens, we follow them around and admire their sexy bodies blatantly while rationalizing it by saying we love their talent. As soon as they lose their looks, it is only the truly talented that survive. The children don’t see that part. They are focused on the part that we continually feed them. The corporate music industry is always looking to promote the Christina Aguileras and the Jessica Simpsons of the world. They dress them up, write them a few songs, and shuffle them through music videos, advertisements and sometimes movies. All the while promoting their sexiness knowing full well that the children are the ones that listen to that type of music. Hollywood uses sexiness in all aspects of their decision making, and the media helps them promote this with award shows, gossip magazines, and countless other ways that prove to the children that the best way to be, is sexy.
So if we want to force feed all this hype and sexiness to all corners of our life, then why not expect our children to learn from it? Why not expect our children to starve themselves to stay skinny? Why not expect them to show off more of their body when it gets them all the attention they desire from the opposite sex? Why blame this on the lack of morals in this country when we could be embracing the future of the sexiness that we worship. After all, didn’t we cover up our sexy bodies after we invented shame? Maybe it is time it came full circle. Nature runs in cycles, why would this be any different?
2 comments:
People don't take the time to know each other in this hectic world we live in. It is much easier to hang with cutie pie and empty headed beauty queens than to actually take the time needed to form a good relationship with someone that is deserving of our attention. In school all the beautiful people hung together, not because they were the brightest, no, they hung together because they felt they were different and special.
In this world of ours, I have noticed that parents don't want their children to stay as children. Most of the time both parents are working and when they get home they don't want to be bothered by children.So they hand these kids money and tell them to go and get something to eat and most of the time these kids do all their own shopping without supervision. As you have stated, tv has sexy advertisments of skinny girls in skimpy outfits. This is what the kids see and the people they look up to are the movie stars and the pop artists. There should be more family involvement . Parents can make a difference if they spend the time with their children and teach them morals and manners. There are good parents out there that love their kids and teach them the necessary things they will need to ward off the temptations of going the way of the other teens. No one can force you to do things. In the end you are responsible for yourself.
Again, parents control this while parenting. just look at the 'backless' dress at the Oscars on Sunday. Had that dress been cut any lower, we'd have seen the 'Plumbers cleavage'.
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